Oura Catholic Church
The Oura Church or Oura Cathedral, officially the Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan, is a Catholic minor basilica and co-cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan, built soon after the end of the Japanese government's Seclusion Policy in 1853.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 8:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Church
- Description: Roman Catholic church in Nagasaki, Japan
- Also known as: “Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan”, “Church of the 26 Japanese Martyrs”, “Ōura Cathedral”, “Ōura Catholic Church”, “Oura Church”, “Ōura Church”, and “日本二十六聖殉教者堂”
- Address: 3, 長崎市, 長崎県 850-0931
Photo: Michael Crossroad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glover Garden and Inori no Oka Art Book Museum.
Glover Garden
Garden
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Glover Garden is a park in Nagasaki, Japan, built for Thomas Blake Glover, a Scottish merchant who contributed to the modernization of Japan in shipbuilding, coal mining, and other fields. Glover Garden is situated 120 metres southwest of Oura Catholic Church.
Inori no Oka Art Book Museum
Museum
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Inori no Oka Art Book Museum is situated 130 metres north of Oura Catholic Church.
Former Latin Divinity School
School building
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Former Latin Divinity School is a school building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dejima.
Dejima
Locality
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Dejima or Deshima, in the 17th century also called Tsukishima, was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan, that served as a trading post for the Portuguese and subsequently the Dutch.
Oura Catholic Church
- Categories: Catholic church building, minor basilica, co-cathedral, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
32.73415° or 32° 44′ 3″ northLongitude
129.87014° or 129° 52′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8Q4FPVMC+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 243003159OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
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historic=churchWikidata ID
Q430626
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Oura Catholic Church” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Царква Оўра”
- Catalan: “Basílica dels Vint-i-Sis Sants Màrtirs de Nagasaki”
- Chinese: “大浦天主堂”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه شورا”
- French: “Basilique des Vingt-Six-Martyrs-du-Japon de Nagasaki”
- French: “basilique des Vingt-Six-Martyrs-du-Japon”
- French: “Basilique des Vingt-Six-Martyrs-du-Japon”
- French: “église d’Ōura”
- German: “Basilika der sechsundzwanzig heiligen Märtyrer Japans”
- Greek: “Βασιλική των 26 Αγίων Μαρτύρων της Ιαπωνίας στο Ναγκασάκι”
- Greek: “Βασιλική των 26 Αγίων Μαρτύρων της Ιαπωνίας”
- Greek: “Εκκλησία Όουρα”
- Hebrew: “קתדרלת אורה”
- Hungarian: “Óurai templom”
- Iban: “Gerija Oura”
- Indonesian: “Basilika Dua Puluh Enam Martir Suci Jepang, Nagasaki”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Ōura”
- Italian: “Basilica dei Ventisei Santi Martiri del Giappone”
- Italian: “chiesa di Ōura”
- Japanese: “おうら てんしゅきょう”
- Japanese: “大浦天主堂”
- Korean: “오우라 천주당”
- Latin: “Basilica Martyrum XXVI Iaponicorum”
- Polish: “Bazylika 26 męczenników japońskich”
- Portuguese: “Basílica dos Vinte e Seis Santos Mártires do Japão”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de Ōura”
- Russian: “Церковь Оура”
- Spanish: “Basílica de los Veintiséis Santos Mártires de Japón”
- Spanish: “iglesia de Oura”
- Spanish: “iglesia de Ōura”
- Turkish: “Ōura Katedrali”
- Ukrainian: “Церква Оура”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 大浦天主堂キリシタン博物館 and Glover Hill.
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